The YouTube video player has some features that would save us the bother of moving the fingers to the mouse and then move the cursor to click the buttons/icons.
A click of a key on the keyboard while watching a YouTube video can perform some simple (and often needed) functions.
A little list of useful YouTube keyboard shortcuts/commands:
Keyboard shortcut | Function |
O | To jump to the beginning of the flash player |
Esc | Exit Full screen |
Spacebar | Play/Pause when the seek bar is selected. Activate a button if a button has focus |
Play/Pause Media Key on keyboards | Play / Pause |
Stop Media Key on keyboards | Stop |
Next Track Media Key on keyboards | Moves to the next track in a play/list |
Left/Right arrow on the seek bar | Seek backward/forward 5 seconds |
Ctrl+left/ctrl+right arrow on the seek bar | Seek backward/forward 10 seconds |
Home/End on the seek bar | Seek to the beginning/last seconds of the video |
Up/Down arrow on the seek bar | Increase/Decrease volume 5% |
Numbers 1 to 9 (not on the numeric pad) on the seek bar | Seek to the 10% to 90% of the video |
Number 0 (not on the numeric pad) on the seek bar | Seek to the beginning of the video |

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